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    5 on Call Day 5 (also Friday)

    1- I really liked Oliver Burkeman’s newsletter today, in which he talked about life as a string of beads and related this idea to how current events are impacting all of our lives right…

    September 19, 2025
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    Call Day Dispatch #4: They’re Just Notes

    I think I saw a record breaking number of inpatients today! (Thankfully just a few outpatients. Though some were complicated.) I am now faced with a pile of documentation which feels a little bit…

    September 18, 2025
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    Balms (on Call Week Day #3)

    (I cannot tell you what I think because my order sadly hasn’t even shipped yet! I ordered the gel pens and I think somehow that slowed it down.) Oh, and I never ended up…

    September 17, 2025
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    Toggl Notes + Call Dispatch, Day 2

    Toggl Notes so far: 1- I spend A LOT OF TIME IN THE CAR. Like, yesterday it was 1.5 hours (not bad) but today will be 2.5 hours (~85 minutes AM, 65 minutes PM).…

    September 16, 2025
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    And then I cleaned my office

    I did more reflection after posting yesterday (and as always — appreciated your comments + perspectives; not to shape my major life choices but just to provide different angles and ways of thinking about…

    September 11, 2025
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    Tough Week!

    Hello from the bit-more-than-halfway point of my call week. It has been a hard one. Months ago, our nanny asked about time off during this week and — well, she almost never asks for…

    August 21, 2025
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    Hybrid Career Status Report: Deep Dive

    LIFE. Is it working? I honestly can’t decide. I am now 2.5 years into working a hybrid schedule of: Because my clinical days are very full, there is very little I can squeeze in…

    June 25, 2025
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    Keeping Up (Mostly)

    The Good Part I am very happy to report I am 2 weeks ahead on BLP episodes and 4 weeks ahead on BOBW! I will not claim that keeping up with my schedule for…

    May 21, 2025